Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 1.86% or 0.0145 points to trade at 0.7950 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 1.67% or 0.95 points to end at 57.70 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 0.86% or 0.03 points to 3.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 5.12% or 0.142 points to trade at 2.630 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 3.97% or 1.0400 points to end at 25.1600 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 3.19% or 0.1060 points to 3.2120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 213 to 114 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.41% or 0.74 to $53.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.63% or 0.90 to hit $56.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.51% or 18.00 to trade at $1214.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.0791, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.84% at 99.58.